Development of a hyperbolic constitutive model for expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam under triaxial compression tests

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 223-237

  Chun, Byung Sik ^a   Lim, Hae Sik ^b   Sagong, Myung ^c   Kim, Kyungmin ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Housing Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EPS geofoam; Hyperbolic constitutive model; Poisson's ratio; Tangent modulus; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOAMS; POLYSTYRENES; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

HYPERBOLIC CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

COMPRESSION; FOAM; GEOSYNTHETICS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPRESSION; GEOSYNTHETICS; TESTING;

EID: 2642529291     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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